Picnic Table Rock
Picnic Table Rock in Washington has 15 climbing routes across 9 grades, offering sport and trad options.
- 15 routes
- 5.6 – 5.12a
- Sport · Trad
Best time to visit Picnic Table Rock
Best months: April–June and September–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
33° / 23°
11 wet
Feb
39° / 25°
9 wet
Mar
51° / 32°
10 wet
Apr
61° / 38°
9 wet
May
71° / 46°
8 wet
Jun
78° / 52°
7 wet
Jul
88° / 59°
4 wet
Aug
87° / 58°
3 wet
Sep
77° / 50°
4 wet
Oct
60° / 40°
8 wet
Nov
43° / 31°
11 wet
Dec
33° / 24°
12 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Coulee Dam 1 Sw, WA, 7.3 mi away at 1,719 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Picnic Table Rock is a climbing area within Steamboat Rock State Park in Washington, managed by State Park and Recreation. It sits among several other climbing spots in the park, and Gibralter Rocks lies just 0.1 mile away. The climbing here is sport and trad, with 16 routes spread across a range from 5.6 to 5.12a. Sport routes make up most of them, and the hardest is Could you learn to love me, a 5.12a. Jive Turkey is the only trad route in the list, and it's a 5.6. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to climb. Typical averages from a nearby weather station run to highs around 71°F in May and 77°F in September, while July and August average highs near 88°F with only a few wet days each month. Nearby, Golf Course Wall and Roadside Rock East are about a mile away, and Banks Lake / Northrup Canyon is about 2.4 miles off. Banks Lake, a fishing spot, is roughly 8 miles away.
Routes (15)
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